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Employee Suggestion System Assessment Model: The Best Practice Scenarios


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1 American University in the Emirates, United Arab Emirates
2 University of Salford, United Kingdom
3 Manipal University-Dubai Campus, United Arab Emirates
     

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Corporations widely use 'Employee suggestion schemes' to elicit employees' creative ideas. Despite its many benefits, sustaining the suggestion system is still a challenge for the organisation. This paper uses a sustainability assessment model to assess the sustainability of suggestion scheme of three organisations in the UAE. This paper presents three case studies of organisations in the UAE, which throw light on practices that can potentially help sustain the suggestion schemes in the organisations. It discusses a framework to assess the employee suggestion schemes. It summarizes the findings and concluding remarks of the cases and implications for future research.

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Suggestion System, Creativity, Suggestion Scheme, Innovation, Sustainability.
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Authors

Flevy Lasrado
American University in the Emirates, United Arab Emirates
M. Arif
University of Salford, United Kingdom
Afab Rizvi
Manipal University-Dubai Campus, United Arab Emirates

Abstract


Corporations widely use 'Employee suggestion schemes' to elicit employees' creative ideas. Despite its many benefits, sustaining the suggestion system is still a challenge for the organisation. This paper uses a sustainability assessment model to assess the sustainability of suggestion scheme of three organisations in the UAE. This paper presents three case studies of organisations in the UAE, which throw light on practices that can potentially help sustain the suggestion schemes in the organisations. It discusses a framework to assess the employee suggestion schemes. It summarizes the findings and concluding remarks of the cases and implications for future research.

Keywords


Suggestion System, Creativity, Suggestion Scheme, Innovation, Sustainability.

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